Your time is valuable and so is mine. That’s why I’m sharing brief, focused podcast episodes that will hone in on a single problem. This time, it’s deep venous thromboses (DVT). Learn how to suspect them in the first place and make the diagnosis.

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The Unvaccinated Child with Fever – PEM Currents: The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Podcast

This episode of PEM Currents: The Pediatric Emergency Medicine Podcast focuses on the approach to unvaccinated or undervaccinated children aged 3–36 months presenting to the ED with fever. Host Brad Sobolewski reviews differences in immune response, risk for serious and invasive bacterial infections, and outlines evaluation strategies including labs, imaging, and empiric antibiotics. He highlights data showing […]
  1. The Unvaccinated Child with Fever
  2. Mycoplasma pneumoniae
  3. Inhalant Misuse: From Glue to Galaxy Gas
  4. ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas (in the Pediatric Emergency Department)
  5. Pertussis

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Rodríguez-Fanjul J, Trenchs V, Muñoz-Santanach D, de Sevilla MF, Toll T, Blanch J, Luaces C. Deep vein thrombosis: rare cases of diagnoses in a pediatric emergency department. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2011 May;27(5):417-9. PMID: 21546806.

Waheed SM, Kudaravalli P, Hotwagner DT. Deep Vein Thrombosis. [Updated 2021 Aug 11]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2021 Jan-. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK507708/